Jojie Alcantara

Davao City

Journalist, Travel Photographer and Columnist at Freelance

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Gabay Guro celebrates teachers with back-to-back grand tribute events

Oct 1, 2024 | sunstar.com.ph | Jojie Alcantara

Honoring its commitment to continuously uplift the lives of Filipino teachers as they mold the Filipino youth for excellence in the global arena, Gabay Guro will hold back-to-back Teachers’ Tribute events for this year’s celebration of National Teachers’ Month and World Teachers Day. In cooperation with the Department of Education (DepEd) and with the generous support of steadfast partners – Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC), PLDT Inc.
PLDT Home brings Miss Universe Philippines 2024 Chelsea Manalo to Kadayawan 2024

Sep 24, 2024 | sunstar.com.ph | Jojie Alcantara

As an added treat, five Nespresso machines were raffled off to lucky media colleagues, as well as winners of P3000 cash, and one blessed guy with P5000 cash, who happened to be the one I invited along, Edgar Alan Zeta Yap, or EAZY Traveler in his social media. After the press lunch, Chelsea visited the PLDT Smart Ponciano Store and the NCCC Mall Victoria Plaza Booth and concluded her tour at the PLDT Home main booth in Ramon Magsaysay Park.
Scale new heights

Sep 24, 2024 | sunstar.com.ph | Jojie Alcantara

Here's good news for the rock climbing enthusiasts and fitness locals who are up for new challenges. A community-driven bouldering gym opens in Davao City, and aims to encourage fitness enthusiasts and more locals to take up this sport. Boulder24 Gym offers a unique and challenging way to experience climbing, without the need for ropes and harnesses, which makes it all the more exciting.
Discover CRK: Top 24 Most Beautiful Airports in the World by Prix Versailles

May 9, 2024 | wp.me | Jojie Alcantara

By Jojie Alcantara for her column Witerary in SunStar Davao newspaperHere’s good news for Dabawenyos and Mindanaoans. Clark International Airport (CRK) now flies Clark-Davao-Clark daily on Cebu Pacific Air as of May 1, 2024. You may wonder what the big deal is about. As the slogan says, there is always more to experience at the Clark International Airport, located inside Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga, Philippines.
Clark International Airport ranks 24th as world's most beautiful airports

May 9, 2024 | sunstar.com.ph | Jojie Alcantara

HERE'S good news for Dabawenyos and Mindanaoans. Clark International Airport (CRK) now flies Clark-Davao-Clark daily on Cebu Pacific Air as of May 1, 2024. You may wonder what the big deal is about. As the slogan says, there is always more to experience at the Clark International Airport, located inside Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga, Philippines.
Discovering Central Luzon’s best with DATO travel exchange

May 2, 2024 | kodakerdabawenya.com | Jojie Alcantara

Members of the Davao Association of Tour Operators (DATO) headed by President Cynthia E. Ruano went on a travel exchange and familiarization tour to Clark-Subic-Pampanga and Bataan with the Department of Tourism Region 3 (DOT 3) last Feb.27 until Mar. 1, 2024. Organized by the DOT 3, the tour aimed to showcase the region’s vibrant attractions and provide firsthand experiences that are memorable for the visitors from Mindanao.
Discovering Central Luzon’s best with DATO travel exchange

Apr 23, 2024 | sunstar.com.ph | Jojie Alcantara

MEMBERS of the Davao Association of Tour Operators (DATO) headed by President Cynthia E. Ruano went on a travel exchange and familiarization tour to Clark-Subic-Pampanga and Bataan with the Department of Tourism Region 3 (DOT 3) last Feb.27 until Mar. 1, 2024. One of the Death March markers in BataanOrganized by DOT 3, the tour aimed to showcase the region’s vibrant attractions and provide firsthand experiences that are memorable for the visitors from Mindanao.
Davao-Samal Cross Channel 2024

Apr 4, 2024 | sunstar.com.ph | Jojie Alcantara

Snakehead Swimming Club and Snakehead Tri Team made waves on March 24, 2023, with the highly successful inaugural Davao-Samal Cross Channel event. Starting at Quaco Beach, Sasa, Davao City, and concluding at the Coastguard Sub Station, Brgy. Caliclic, Igacos, the event saw an impressive turnout of 137 participants. This historic swim marked the 14th edition of the cross-channel swim organized by Snakehead Swimming Club.
Ha Long’s Thien Cung Cave (Heavenly Palace Cave)

Mar 31, 2024 | wp.me | Jojie Alcantara

Thien Cung Cave (Heavenly Palace Cave), located on Dau Go island in the southwest of Halong Bay, is considered as one of most beautiful primitive caves with a complicated interior structure with remarkable chambers and compartments, high ceilings and a unique system of stalactites and stalagmites in peculiar forms and shapes that tickle the imagination. This is among the most stunning caves covering a vast area of nearly 10,000 square meters.
mWell launches mWell HealthHub, revolutionizing health and wellness access for Filipinos

Dec 8, 2023 | kodakerdabawenya.com | Jojie Alcantara

Pasig, Philippines, November 15, 2023– mWell, a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC), is revolutionizing health and wellness access in the Philippines with the launch of mWell HealthHub. This innovative in-app feature allows users to easily search for a wide range of health and wellness services, filter results by location and book appointments with just a few taps.